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  • Why we insist on POC with our Customers?

    Why we insist on POC with our Customers?

    Product development is a journey, it involves ideation, evaluation, analysis, development, testing, and commercialization. This process requires a deep level of involvement from the core team and larger investment in terms of time, money and efforts. That is why we at Pratiti technologies insist on a POC before entering into full-fledged product development.

    A POC (Proof of Concept) can help you create a consensus among key stakeholders, find acceptance amongst end-users, showcase your solution and its features to the decision-makers and help you create the pitch for the investors.

    There are many more reasons why creating a POC or a prototype should be the first step before detailed product development. Read on: Why POC is necessary for your product development journey?

    The Technical Feasibility of the Project

    Before entering a full-fledged development, it is important to know if a product idea is technically feasible. For instance – when a Mumbai-based bike servicing company decided to launch their mobile app for a seamless customer and mechanic connection, they were not sure if the member card functionality will work effectively on all major smartphones and tablets. And even if it did, will it pull customer’s upcoming services from the server and run smoothly on all major mobiles.

    Building a POC for this specific section and checking the member card functionality features solved the assumptions and the company could decide on which method and technology to use to create the module.

    To Test Market Acceptance

    Many times early end-user feedback can help determine the readiness of the target market. We have observed that at times many innovators become too self-centered w.r.t to the idea and lose the focus from the problem and needs of the end customer. The right market feedback helps solidify the business case for the idea and the product.

    Save Time and Cost

    The POC takes care of any high-risk areas by identifying them beforehand so that the required changes to the feature, architecture or flow can be made, cutting down on the rework post-development.

    For instance, the practical representation of architecture through POC can calm worried stakeholders and cut down on the related discussions that can arise during the development period, thus saving time amidst the development phase. The POC also lets you do a cost analysis to help you outline the overall development cost. Presenting this upfront gives you better control on the cost, development time and the possibility of changes.

    To Get Ready for Investors

    For startups, we at Pratiti routinely recommend a POC, so that you have a solid case to showcase to your investors. Getting an investor on board at an early stage can take care of the early financial needs and secure the uncertainty. A successful POC can aid your investor pitch and help you garner better ROI from the ready product.

    Create a Better Understanding of the Outsourced Product Development Partner

    When you work with a new product development partner, there will always be differences in the ways of working, doing a pilot or POC can go a long way in helping you understand the knowledge skills and professionalism of the tech partner. You will understand the processes the development partner follows and attitude, capabilities of the team.

    At Pratiti technologies we follow a unique tech development process which has continuously delivered results for our customers, we have detailed out these steps in this guide to help you ensure successful tech product development. You may download the guide here,

    Conclusion

    Doing a POC before entering a full-scale product development helps decide the feasibility of the idea, understand the product objectives, help evaluate the market to verify the solution acceptance, help develop full-proof product development plan. So, whether you are developing an IT or IoT product do your POC and ensure successful outcomes.

    Reach us on (+1) 214 714 0750 for a free consultation regarding any needs in IoT and AR/VR software product development using SMAC technologies.

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    Digital Product Development | Digital Twin Platform | Healthcare Software Development | IoT Development Services

    Nitin

    Nitin Tappe

    After successful stint in a corporate role, Nitin is back to what he enjoys most – conceptualizing new software solutions to solve business problems. Nitin is a postgraduate from IIT, Mumbai, India and in his 24 years of career, has played key roles in building a desktop as well as enterprise solutions right from idealization to launch which are adopted by many Fortune 500 companies. As a Founder member of Pratiti Technologies, he is committed to applying his management learning as well as the passion for building new solutions to realize your innovation with certainty.

  • Do This to Ensure 100% Improvement in IoT Product Development

    Do This to Ensure 100% Improvement in IoT Product Development

    From computing devices to connecting devices and generating enormous data. However, this data is rendered useless if it is collected, stored, and analyzed effectively.

    IoT (Internet of Things) enables organizations to drive innovations through the efficient use of data. IoT capabilities, such as data analysis and automation, assist businesses with better decision-making, efficiency, and productivity.

    Organizations that get IoT right, the benefits are copious. Thus, it isn’t surprising that the IoT industry is growing in leaps and bounds. As per a report by Gartner, the IoT market is projected to reach a value of USD 2.0 trillion by 2020, with 8.4 billion connected things.

    That said, despite IoT’s significant growth and its priority in business decision-making, many IoT undertakings are registering stark failures.

    According to a Cisco study, as high as 60% IoT initiatives fail at the proof of concept level. In the same study, only 26% of companies agreed that they had a successful IoT project.

    Almost three-quarters of all IoT projects are failing. There are myriad factors contributing to this failure, some of these being an unclear objective, poor choice of technology, interoperability issues, or simply undefined project requirements.

    Based on experience with developing, launching, and expanding the IoT projects across organizations, we share some of the most essential to-dos that can help you in successful IoT software product developments and implementation.

    1. Avoid saving costs at the wrong place

    Prototyping enables companies to consider the needs, inputs, and requests of clients, and swiftly demonstrate, via mockups and wireframes, what their IoT product will look like while leaving enough headroom for iterations. So do not try to save costs by skipping prototyping, this will only increase your woes by adding additional expenses in the form iterations and change requests at the later stage.

    2. Don’t expect a ready platform to ease development

    The irony about picking an IoT development platform is that selecting an appropriate platform can enable your project, but the selection of the platform can be extremely testing.

    Though many users believe that off-the-shelf platforms can never go wrong since they have been tried and tested, this belief may not be always true.

    Off-the-shelf platforms have a generic design, which has been made for a wide range of domains, like home automation, renewable energy, etc. Moreover, you will have to rely on the vendor for firmware up-gradation and security patch updates, etc.

    Some research can help understand what will suit your need better an off the shelf platform or a bottom-up development using open source technologies.

    3. Scalability should be considered well in advance

    IoT is a network of connected objects sharing and exchanging data continuously via the Internet. With technology advancements, the motives driving IoT product development are evolving from simple tasks, such as data analysis, to more complex functions, such as smart networks.
    This quintessential shift demands an IoT product that is highly scalable, horizontally (expanding network to accommodate an increasing number of connected objects) as well as vertically (building the efficiency of an already-existing software/hardware by attaching more resources).
    Therefore, scalability is a functionality that should be considered right from the beginning of product development.

    4. Data security cannot be compromised

    With IoT comes the upside that we are able to achieve and do things that could not have been thought of before, e.g., switching on your washing machine using your cellphone. However, this continuous digital connectivity also poses higher security vulnerabilities.

    Research has proved that hacking can result in malicious access to critical data. So data security should be key right from product development. Security should be resilient from the most basic (password protection) to the most advanced levels (platform security).

    Employ functionalities such as hardware security modules, key manager, end-to-end encryption, machine-to-machine authentication, API security, and cloud security, to ensure your IoT solution has the toughest security perimeter. Talk to us to know more in this regard,

    5. Clear deliverables for hassle-free development

    Product engineering – designing, prototyping, developing, and implementing – involves various members and teams, including stakeholders.

    Communication and collaboration are key to product engineering. It is crucial that all stakeholders and teams are aware and informed well in advance about how the success of the final developed product is going to be measured.

    At Pratiti we use Agile and DevOps to ensure this clarity of objectives, proper planning, and timely reviews. All this ensures that everyone involved in the development process is on the same page and understands the expectations.

    Conclusion

    IoT or Software product development is an extensive process that requires attention to every detail.  Working with experts helps to smoothen your tech journey as nothing can replace knowledge, experience and sound advice.

    Over the years we have developed a unique tech development process that ensures consistent results for many of our clients. To know more about this process you may. Download this “GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL TECH PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT”. Hope you find this guide helpful.
    These small details matters as much as the overall development process. If you need any advice or consultation with regards to your area of work, please feel to reach us on contact@pratititech.com

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    Software Product Development | Digital Twin Platform | Healthcare App Development | Solar Energy Analytics

    Nitin
    Nitin Tappe After successful stint in a corporate role, Nitin is back to what he enjoys most – conceptualizing new software solutions to solve business problems. Nitin is a postgraduate from IIT, Mumbai, India and in his 24 years of career, has played key roles in building a desktop as well as enterprise solutions right from idealization to launch which are adopted by many Fortune 500 companies. As a Founder member of Pratiti Technologies, he is committed to applying his management learning as well as the passion for building new solutions to realize your innovation with certainty.
  • The Criticality of Product Management for Tech Startups

    The Criticality of Product Management for Tech Startups

    For a technology company delivering products, the product manager sets the vision and strategy for the deliverable, manages and leads a diverse team of designers, engineers, testers, and marketers, and strives to launch the product into success.

    Countries all over the world outsource app development to India. The country is rich in resources and infrastructure needed for outsourced product development. Along with those, product managers are also easily accessible for startups who struggle to maintain a diverse set of products in-house.

    To deliver a robust and high-value product to the market, product managers need to be user experts. They need to constantly analyze user needs and gauge whether or not the product meets them.

    For tech startups, product management takes on a critical role. They can seamlessly outsource this role along with outsourced product development to countries such as India, as it could be hard for them to hire full-time employees dedicated to one function.

    Product Development Challenges for Startups

    In today’s shaky economic climate, business owners and startup founders are becoming more cautious regarding their bottom lines, reorganizing and leveraging resources to minimize any redundancy and reduce costs.

    Product management holds sense for startups as much as it does for enterprises. In a nutshell, product management reaches across teams to design and bring better products to the market that appeal to customers, targeted buyers, and users at companies in target market segments.

    Product management is a critical discipline that startups often struggle with in many ways:

    • Aligning Product Strategy while Scaling – As startups grow and expand, they face challenges such as steep growth periods, bugs, culture shifts, and new office locations. Product managers are the ones responsible for keeping the product afloat and in good shape when a steep scaling up happens. As new hires join a growing organization, product managers align them with the product vision and strategy- being the glue that holds a product team together.
    • Management of the Development Process – Often, when startups fire up, they rely on lean strategies such as DevOps and Agile methodology. However, as these companies grow, they increasingly find it hard to stick with these practices. It is then the job of the product manager to see that the frameworks are consistently followed for better product management.
    • Customer Retention and Acquisition  – No company wants to acquire new customers at the cost of the ones already on board. When startups grow and scale, product managers get pulled in all different directions. It is, however, their job to satisfy existing markets while expanding into new ones.
    • Wearing Many Hats  – Product managers at startups have many responsibilities. As a product grows, the team needs to expand. Otherwise, the product manager could get overwhelmed. Growing teams is another challenge that product managers face as it is not easy for them to find product or UX engineers fast enough.
    • Balancing Sales and Product Revisions – Often, startups are all about sales. Sales peers will ask product managers to integrate a feature in an existing product fast so they can close a whale of a deal. In early-stage startups, it is, therefore, a challenge to balance a product and its subsequent revisions and sales- which comes first?

    Since startups often lack the resources to hire an in-house, dedicated product manager, it is a good idea for them to outsource product management just as they outsource app development and avail outsourced software product development services.

    The Key Responsibilities of a Product Manager in a Tech Startup
    A product manager can help a tech startup in the following ways:

    • Understand and analyze the audience and the target market to gauge the users’ current and future needs. This insight can be gained by conducting interviews, surveys, and testing prototypes.
    • Gain an in-depth understanding of the target market and the competitors to devise the right positioning for the product.
    • Devise a product strategy that is in line with the business model and generates the desired revenue.
    • Communicate the goal of the product, its mission, and vision with the teams working on designing and marketing the product.
    • Monitor analytics for the product by gathering customer feedback and analyzing where the product can be improved in the next revision.

    Why Product Management is a Critical Component in Software Development 

    Product management is vital for your startup since it helps you learn more about not only your customers but also your competitors. Without sufficient knowledge about your competitor product, you cannot devise the right positioning for your product and might end up losing out in the market.

    Product management can also help in defining the roadmap for the entire product journey, so you head in the right direction. A good product roadmap is a clear, visual, accessible picture of how a product might evolve and sustain the market.

    Any startup willing to grow and expand through its product needs to have a comprehensive understanding of the customers. Only then the product can solve their pain points and succeed in the market. Product management helps you gain that insight into the customer.

    Small business owners and entrepreneurs juggle with a lot of the tasks at the same time. As time passes, some high-priority task might fall off the priority list, leading to inefficiencies in the business and negative repercussions. A product manager ensures nothing mission-critical gets stalled. So that business owners can focus on everything else, resting assured that their product is taken care of.

    Since it is evident that product management is unmissable for startups, you can choose to insource or outsource product management. However, there are few things to keep in mind before choosing a company to outsource product management to. Here is a simple checklist to help you make the selection.

    At Pratiti, we offer outsourced software product development services to startups all around the world. Our outsourced product development services are sought by startups struggling to define, manage, and launch their products in the market.

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    Digital Twin Platform | Healthcare App Development | IoT development services | Digital Product Development

    Nitin

    Nitin Tappe

    After successful stint in a corporate role, Nitin is back to what he enjoys most – conceptualizing new software solutions to solve business problems. Nitin is a postgraduate from IIT, Mumbai, India and in his 24 years of career, has played key roles in building a desktop as well as enterprise solutions right from idealization to launch which are adopted by many Fortune 500 companies. As a Founder member of Pratiti Technologies, he is committed to applying his management learning as well as the passion for building new solutions to realize your innovation with certainty.

  • After MVP, What’s Next? How to Define the Version 2.0 of Your Product

    After MVP, What’s Next? How to Define the Version 2.0 of Your Product

    Organizations that take the MVP route are able to launch their product with a handful of important features – quickly and cost-effectively. However, many get stuck not knowing what to do after MVP. As they try to incorporate all the learning post MVP, they scale their business without realizing that the risks outweigh the benefits. They don’t realize that while a Minimum Marketable Product is good to learn about customer preferences, it is also important to drive efforts towards building a Minimum Loveable Product or MLP that a handful of customers love. After all, as Sam Altman puts it, “It’s better to build something that a small number of users love, than a large number of users like.”

    Although launching an MVP can help you in evaluating the need for your product in the market, how do you go about developing version 2.0 of your product? How do you ensure your product sells in the real world? How do you ensure your audience loves your product? How do you really “define” the version 2.0?

    Read on to find out!

    Defining version 2.0

    Once you are sure your product is viable, it’s time to make it marketable. However, if you try to grow too fast, without gathering feedback from your customers, or without driving efforts towards improving performance and ensuring scalability, there is a high likelihood that your product will fail in the real world.

    Since there is a lot going on beyond the functional & technical aspects of the product at this stage, you need to transition from a project-based approach to a more product-based approach. Not only do you have to operationalize your business, you also have to invest in a core team who will take care of the functional areas of your product so your business can thrive and grow. You also have to demonstrate to prospective investors, the value your product will bring to your customers

    For success, here’s what you need to do to define version 2.0 of your product:

    Gather feedback and data

    The first step after your MVP is released to the market is to start gathering feedback and data. The experience your customers have with your MVP will lay the foundation of what features you need to build on as the next step. Your customers will be your biggest critics, and their decisions will influence your development decisions the most. When customers use your MVP, there will be some features that instantly strike a chord, but also some which do not drive value. It is through their feedback that you can get the real picture of that has worked with your customers, and what hasn’t.

    Gather customer feedback based on their experience with the product. Document all of their suggestions in one place, including interview excerpts, feature requests, and problems (or opportunities), so teams have a ready reference to the feedback as and when they need it. Use modern tracking applications to prioritize feedback and deliver the experience customers want. Don’t limit customer feedback to just the interface design; use it for more valuable aspects like product feature ideation and refinement.

    Ensure continuous estimation

    When you set out to receive feedback from your customers, you will most likely end up with a huge backlog of suggestions and ideas. Accommodating major changes can be quite challenging, especially from the technical perspective. Therefore, it is important to prioritize suggestions, and estimate the effort (and cost) that will be required to incorporate each of the ideas. Make sure to identify top features, and pair them with buying personas. Always make it a point to drive collective collaboration and build your product in an incremental manner. Keep refining initial pricing levels to optimize conversions and ROI.

    Incorporate the (desired and required) features into the product

    Any MVP is built based on your understanding of the needs of your customer. However, to build version 2.0, you need to take customers’ feedback and inputs into account and build your product such that it functions as they would like it to function. Taking customer inputs and feedback seriously is the only way you can ensure your product doesn’t veer along unexpected paths. Enlist all the features or improvements that have been suggested; break them down into sprints or user stories, and develop the most important features in every sprint.

    Work on improving performance

    It doesn’t take a lot of time for your customers to shift from your product to your competitor’s. Performance should always be your priority; but many startups get overwhelmed with a sudden surge in customers. If you do not have a plan in place to cater to an increasing pool of users, you will end up losing the ones you have.  Therefore, scalability is something you need to be very serious about while defining version 2.0 of your product.

    Make improving performance the main goal at every stage; constantly incorporate customer feedback into the product in the form of features and address the needs of your existing customers. Make sure you are ready to handle full-fledged traffic after the release of the product in the real world. This will not only help you to improve the experience your customers have with the version 2.0 of your product, it will also help in providing the most value.

    Make the product bug-free

    In a world where thousands of products get launched every day, providing a high-quality, bug-free product is a requisite for business success. Any issue with your product, and you can lose your customers – with the blink of an eye. While defining version 2.0 of your product, it is important you incorporate appropriate testing procedures and quality standards to make your product bug-free. Make use of continuous testing, and test automation suites to make sure your product meets the needs of your larger audience. Ensure your product meets the specified quality requirements across different scenarios, loads, and users.

    Put the right foot forward

    You can begin your 2.0 journey by strategizing a roadmap for launching your product into the real world. Understand why you are developing the product, for which users, in which market, and with which features. Correspondingly prioritize your feature set and your pricing model you think will resonate with your target audience. Don’t be rigid about clinging to your understanding of customer needs; be open to what your customers say and incorporate their feedback into the product for better success. Bon voyage!

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    Nitin
    Nitin Tappe After successful stint in a corporate role, Nitin is back to what he enjoys most – conceptualizing new software solutions to solve business problems. Nitin is a postgraduate from IIT, Mumbai, India and in his 24 years of career, has played key roles in building a desktop as well as enterprise solutions right from idealization to launch which are adopted by many Fortune 500 companies. As a Founder member of Pratiti Technologies, he is committed to applying his management learning as well as the passion for building new solutions to realize your innovation with certainty.
  • 7 Amazing Use Cases of IoT in Healthcare

    7 Amazing Use Cases of IoT in Healthcare

    Table of Content:

    Introduction
    Use case 1: Remote Patient Care
    Use case 2: Emergency Care
    Use case 3: Tracking of Inventory, Staff, and Patients
    Use case 4: Augmenting Surgeries
    Use case 5: Virtual Monitoring of Critical Hardware
    Use case 6: Pharmacy Management
    Use case 7: Wearables
    Frequently Asked Questions
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    Introduction

    When we think of IoT in healthcare, we mainly tend to think of smart sensors and smart hospitals. But the solutions go beyond these. It is evident from the fact that spending on IoT solutions in healthcare will reach $1 trillion by 2025!

    IoT promises to help healthcare organizations in providing personalized, accessible, and up-to-the-point healthcare services at a lower cost. From remote health monitoring to transmitting real-time alerts, there are several areas where healthcare IoT finds its use.

    7 Exciting IoT Use Cases in Healthcare

    Let’s look at some of them to get a better perspective:

    Remote Patient Care

    In many parts of the world, residents live miles away from the nearest hospital. As such, when there is an emergency, it takes time for them to reach the healthcare facilities. Similarly, for healthcare providers, it becomes difficult to visit patients with chronic conditions frequently. The issue with time-consuming commute can be solved with remote patient care powered by the IoT.

    The connectivity can allow healthcare professionals to assist patients with prescriptions, medication, and also measure their biometrics using sensors and remote equipment. For instance, patients can connect any wearable or portable device to the cloud and update the data in real-time.

    Some of the IoT devices can also facilitate face-to-face talk over the internet. This can provide healthcare professionals with the necessary information to prepare care plans while the patients are on their way to the hospital. Or even without them needing to visit the hospital in the first place! For chronic patients, this helps create a roster of the patients’ day-to-date health update.

    The collected data can form charts and diagrams to be easily visualized by healthcare professionals.

    Live video and audio streaming can be used to monitor patients’ present condition without the need for the commute.

    Emergency Care

    Emergency care outputs are based on the time, accuracy, and the availability of contextual information. Moreover, it also depends on the quality of the data received during the emergency call and the information collected while the patient is being transported for immediate care at the healthcare facilities. Also, the entire process of collecting, storing, processing, and retrieving the data during that time is laborious and time-consuming. IoT can help in collecting data accurately, which can be accessed by emergency care staff such as paramedics or staff in the ER for quick and better medical assistance. This data can be also be transmitted to ER staff in real-time while the patient is on her way to the hospital – allowing the hospitals to be better prepared for the care.

    Tracking of Inventory, Staff, and Patients

    Healthcare organizations are all about increasing the efficiencies of their workforce and reduce operational costs. This is true for both small and large institutions that include several staff members, patients, and inventory. Using IoT devices in the form of wireless ID cards, hospitals can manage admissions, increase the security, and measure the overall performance of the staff. BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) beacons and RFID tags can be used to track the location of the inventory and also trace the staff members in case of any urgency.

    Moreover, IoT and RTLS (Real-Time Location Systems) together can facilitate asset tracking. This is one of the most inexpensive ways to keep track of the equipment, drugs, and free resources, who can then spend more time on patient care.

    Must Read: How IoT Is Transforming Healthcare

    Augmenting Surgeries

    When it comes to healthcare, IoT has penetrated operating rooms as well. Think of connected robotic devices, which are powered by Artificial Intelligence and are used to perform various surgeries. These operations are all about increased precision brought forth by robot-assisted surgeons. Moreover, connected devices and IoT applications can perfectly streamline the activities of the medical staff at both pre and post-operating stages. In both cases, IoT sensors can be used to collect, transmit data, and analyze it. This helps record the tiniest details and therefore, is useful in preventing surgical complications.

    Virtual Monitoring of Critical Hardware

    It is a given that all the modern healthcare facilities require state-of-the-art hardware and software to function. When these are not taken care of in the best possible manner, the hardware can pose various risks and threats. Think of power outages, system failures, or even cyber-attacks. Since no healthcare organization would want these mishaps to occur, they opt for the best IoT driven solutions. A case in point is that of e-Alert by Philips, which can virtually monitor critical medical hardware. If there is an anomaly in any equipment, the solution alerts the hospital staff, so that a failure can be avoided by preventive maintenance.

    Pharmacy Management

    The pharmacy business is worth millions of dollars and is quite complicated. Since there are several steps in transferring and managing the drugs from plant to storage facilities in a hospital, there are several preservation issues that may be associated with them.  IoT can help combine the best safety approaches and the latest technology to ensure faster drug delivery, safer operations, and better patient care.

    For instance, take the example of smart fridges, which can be used to store vaccines and keep them from getting damaged during handling, storage or transfer.

    IoT-enabled pharmacies can ensure greater efficiencies and effectiveness in operations, error-free medical dispensing, security, and overall enhanced patient satisfaction.

    Must Read: Key Challenges with Enterprise IoT Applications

    Wearables

    IoT devices, in the form of wearables, can let the care teams collect numerous data points about the patient’s sleep patterns, activity, heart rate, temperature,  and so on. These wearables can offer real-time information to caregivers and patients. Think of a situation in which a heart patient has an elevated heart-rate. The wearable will immediately transmit the signal to the nursing staff and allow them to provide immediate and timely assistance to the patient. This can also help in remote health monitoring of elderly patients who are outside the hospital premises but need constant monitoring.

    IoT in healthcare has tremendous potential and can prove to be immensely beneficial for healthcare providers and patients. It is set to transform patient care and organizational efficiencies. Several hospitals around the world have already leveraged the power of IoT under their smart hospital initiatives. At Pratiti, we have helped several healthcare organizations with the design and development of their smart healthcare software development solutions.

    Connect with us to know how we can help you improve patient care, reduce complexity, improve efficiency, and empower decision-makers with actionable insights at the point of care.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    How is IoT Used in Healthcare?

    Remote monitoring in the healthcare industry is now possible thanks to IoT devices, which have the ability to keep patients safe and healthy while also enabling healthcare providers to provide improved treatment. As communication with doctors has gotten easier and more efficient, it has also boosted patient interaction and satisfaction. Furthermore, remote monitoring of a patient’s health helps to shorten hospital stays and avoid re-admissions. IoT in healthcare has a big impact on lowering healthcare expenses and improving treatment outcomes.

    What are the Advantages of IoT in Healthcare?

    The advantages of internet of things in healthcare applications lies in remote use cases. For example, in the event of a medical emergency, real-time remote monitoring via connected IoT devices and smart notifications can detect illnesses, treat diseases, and save lives.

    Smart sensors monitor health status, lifestyle choices, and the environment to suggest preventative steps that will limit the occurrence of diseases and acute states.

    Medical data accessibility allows patients to receive high-quality care while also assisting healthcare providers in making the best medical decisions.

    What are the Challenges of IoT in Healthcare?

    Although there are numerous advantages as seen in internet of things in healthcare examples, there are also challenges.

    Healthcare providers are frequently tasked with ensuring the security of several sites as well as vast data repositories.

    Moreover, moving an entire facility to a new system and practice takes time, and the initial investment and installation costs can be prohibitive, particularly for smaller healthcare facilities and rural clinics.

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    Nitin

    Nitin Tappe

    After successful stint in a corporate role, Nitin is back to what he enjoys most – conceptualizing new software solutions to solve business problems. Nitin is a postgraduate from IIT, Mumbai, India and in his 24 years of career, has played key roles in building a desktop as well as enterprise solutions right from idealization to launch which are adopted by many Fortune 500 companies. As a Founder member of Pratiti Technologies, he is committed to applying his management learning as well as the passion for building new solutions to realize your innovation with certainty.

  • Yes, IoT Product Development is Different

    Yes, IoT Product Development is Different

    As organizations seek to become digitally savvy, Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a key technology enabler for Digital Transformation.

    Through efficient analysis of real-time data, IoT is assisting enterprises with better decision-making, efficiency, and productivity, while proving to be exceptional drivers of growth across industries.

    For organizations that get IoT right, the benefits are abundant. However, IoT product development is extremely challenging; a lot goes into making IoT products work. And although the basic process of development is similar to software product development, there’s a lot more that goes into IoT product development.
    So, what’s so different about IoT product development? Let’s dive right in!

    The complexity of prototyping

    The prototyping process is critical for any product development as it allows teams to demonstrate – via mockups and wireframes, in the case of software products – what the final product will look like, ensure its performance, and determine if improvements are needed. However, IoT prototyping is a lot more complex than software prototyping.

    In IoT product development, because of the absence of pre-existing architectures and libraries, you will have to build your own components and create your own path. Assuming most users aren’t familiar with IoT, you will have to provide detailed setup and use instructions and ship physical devices to beta users to get feedback. Such an elaborate process would automatically impact your feedback time and testing cycles and make your prototyping far more complex as compared to traditional software products.

    Choosing the right platform

    Unlike in software development, where choosing a platform depended on what tasks the software is intended to perform, in IoT product development, you need to choose a platform which manages the device as well as performs advanced data storage and processing tasks with the required systems within the ecosystem. The platform should also be capable of providing APIs that will allow apps to communicate with the IoT device.

    You need to consider a variety of factors while choosing the right platform: the number of devices the IoT solution will support, the volume and velocity of data that the product would be required to process, UI capabilities, integration with APIs, data sources, and proprietary systems, as well as how the platform will be implemented and maintained.

    Making the IoT product scalable

    In software development, scalability concerns are typically addressed by adding more servers or increasing cloud capacity. But because IoT products are part of a large network of connected objects, sharing and exchanging data continuously via the Internet, as technology advances, they need to evolve from performing simple analysis tasks to more complex functions, such as power grid optimization, production control, and more.

    This continuous shift demands that IoT products are highly scalable – not just to accommodate an increasing number of connected objects, but also to carry out more complex tasks with time. For making IoT products scalable, you will have to use the web and mobile interfaces that scale, web workers, asynchronous communication paths, edge computing, among others.

    Integrating security

    While security is a critical part of software product development as well, what makes it different for IoT products is the ecosystem in which they belong. The continuous digital connectivity IoT products have with one another presents higher security vulnerabilities and loopholes. Any small breach or hacking can result in unauthorized access to critical data, and it can bring the entire ecosystem down.

    It is important to integrate data security into the development process from the word go: from basic authentication to the most advanced levels of platform security, hardware security modules, end-to-end encryption, API security, cloud security and more.

    Data storage and analytics

    When it comes to data storage and analytics, most software products are expected to unearth insight about user behavior and performance issues. However, IoT products generate a high volume of data, all of which has to be efficiently stored in storage systems with various retention policies. In addition, the data has to be continuously analyzed to allow users to gain actionable insights and drive higher throughput.

    IoT product development requires you to invest in advanced data storage systems, as well as in compelling analytics software with data visualization capabilities that make it easy to spot trends and take action. Choosing the right analytics platform can not only help in predicting results based on the data captured by the device, but also in detecting deviations from known usage patterns, and enabling users to take appropriate action.

    Connectivity and communication

    In the classic software world, connectivity is limited to physical servers and the cloud. However, given the extended scope of IoT products, the network gets extended to hardware devices as well. Each IoT device will have to be developed using a different connectivity mechanism and communication protocol – depending on what functions the product is expected to perform. From RFID and NFC to ZigBee Bluetooth and more.

    One needs to use the right communication protocols that accurately determine the source of data, understand the type, and send it to the data processing engine. It also needs to be ensured that the protocols are configured such that they can support a substantial volume, velocity, and variety of data from different devices, and offer an adequate level of fault tolerance.

    Build cutting-edge IoT products

    With more and more devices getting connected to the Internet, the IoT market is bursting at the seams. As 31 billion connected devices become available in 2020, there is an IoT revolution taking place.

    And although IoT is arguably one of the most impressive evolutions in recent technology history, IoT product development is not without challenges. The complexity of prototyping, choosing the right platform, making products scalable, integrating security, enabling data storage and analytics, and building the right connectivity and communication – it is the right amalgamation of all these aspects that allow you to build cutting-edge IoT products, and change the way the world operates and communicates.

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    Offshore Software Product Development | Digital Twin Software Platforms | Industrial IoT Solutions | Digital Product Development

    Nitin
    Nitin Tappe After successful stint in a corporate role, Nitin is back to what he enjoys most – conceptualizing new software solutions to solve business problems. Nitin is a postgraduate from IIT, Mumbai, India and in his 24 years of career, has played key roles in building a desktop as well as enterprise solutions right from idealization to launch which are adopted by many Fortune 500 companies. As a Founder member of Pratiti Technologies, he is committed to applying his management learning as well as the passion for building new solutions to realize your innovation with certainty.
  • Why Software Product Development Needs to Focus on Journeys Rather Than Solutions?

    Why Software Product Development Needs to Focus on Journeys Rather Than Solutions?

    In the present competitive world, businesses prefer outsourcing their software product development requirements to the dedicated IT and tech companies. After all, the Outsourced Product Development or OPD service providers can provide you with the much-needed competitive edge as they have expertise available to deliver an apt solution. But the reality is that most software/IoT products fail to generate desired results and many a time, require enhancement after the project completion.

    The software development methodology followed by an OPD player plays a vital role in the product’s success.

    We believe that the tech product development focus needs to shift from the existing project-focused to a journey-focused one, bringing true agile methodologies to work.

    Many times, the traditional project-focused model does not offer an in-depth understanding of what the customers actually want. Teams work only in silos and do not understand the project landscape; Lack of this understanding becomes a hindrance in the process of developing the product. Developing products which fail to fulfill market requirements.

    Real Life Example

    A case in point is the recent healthcare start-up we worked with. The Start-up wanted to develop a comprehensive IoT based health care product. The clients envisioned to address the pressing post-acute care issue in the European market with an IoT solution that can ensure complete recovery for patients’ post-treatment.

    The customer wanted to develop a product that would directly capture vital health parameters of the patients like temperature, blood pressure, glucose, etc. from the medical devices. They also wanted an Integration with e-commerce companies helping direct ordering through an app. Further integrations were envisaged with Care providers, Hospitals and even insurance companies.

    Once the customer approached us, we at Pratiti employed our design thinking-based product definition framework to really empathize and understand the problem customer wanted to solve using technology.

    This resulted in an improved understanding of the actual customer needs. The result was we were able to Say “NO” to initial requirements of the customer. We were able to help the customer understand their real requirement. This reduced the initial requirements.

    We were also able to reduce the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) development time, and costs associated with the product development also reduced significantly.

    The customer was able to take this MVP to the market and do trials and understand the usefulness of the solution developed. This helped customer launch the product earlier at a lower cost and prioritize the features needed in the product in a phased manner.

    Thus, we enabled the tech journey for the customer. We continue to engage with this customer and partner together to bring new enhancement and features in the product.

    Innovation Requires Continuous Development

    New emerging business requires continuous enhancement to the product. Let’s take an example of Uber that of ride-hailing start-up Uber. They have perfected the art of changing its dimensions as per the requirements of the present market situation. Uber always focuses on bringing in new features to its business, like they use the taxi for advertisement, uber eats now offers food on the go and much more.

    The company knows that to survive in this competitive world, it has to keep on innovating. In the same way, to produce better quality software tech product, one needs to keep developing the technology, thus we say that tech development is a continuous journey.

    We at Pratiti Technologies have skilfully mastered this art. We partner with our client as their technology partners and ensure we craft a smooth tech journey for them.  We ensure the right product definition and follow a unique tech development process (Download free guide here) to ensure successful tech development for the clients.

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    Digital Twin Platform | Healthcare Software Development | IoT development services | Digital Product Development

    Nitin

    Nitin Tappe

    After successful stint in a corporate role, Nitin is back to what he enjoys most – conceptualizing new software solutions to solve business problems. Nitin is a postgraduate from IIT, Mumbai, India and in his 24 years of career, has played key roles in building a desktop as well as enterprise solutions right from idealization to launch which are adopted by many Fortune 500 companies. As a Founder member of Pratiti Technologies, he is committed to applying his management learning as well as the passion for building new solutions to realize your innovation with certainty.

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